The defendants, part of a group known as “United Patriots,” aimed to reinstate a 19th-century Constitution by giving power to an all-powerful Kaiser.

Five members of a German far-right group have been jailed for plotting to overthrow the government and kidnap its health minister. Four of the group were described as "ringleaders" of a "terrorist organisation" which planned to use violence to trigger civil war-like conditions in Germany.

A German court has convicted five people of plotting to overthrow the government in a far-right coup and kidnap the former health minister.

A far-Right extremist gang has been convicted in Germany over a plot to overthrow the government and kidnap the health minister.

The defendants had planned to use bombs to cause nationwide blackouts and kidnap former Health Minister Karl Lauterbach, prosecutors said. View on euronews